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D. W. SHAW.

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APPLIOATION FILED AUG.17, 1911.

1,037,341. Patented Sept. 3,1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL W. SHAW, OF FOSTORIA, KANSAS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. SHAW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fostoria, in the county of Pott-awatomie and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End- Gates;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to end gates and more particularly to that classwhich may serve as scoop boards or dump gates.

An object of the invention is to provide an end gate of this character,which may also be swung, when desired, upon the top of a wagon sideswithout being detached from the wagon, for the purpose of loading andunloading hogs, etc.

Another object is to provide a wagon end gate of this character andmeans for pivoting the gate to the wagon to be swung to the variouspositions for the difi'erent uses.

Another object is to provide mechanism of this character, which willalso effectively serve to hold the gate in proper position.-

against the end of the wagon when it is to serve simply as an end gate.

Another object is to provide an end gate of the above stated nature,which may be applied to the ordinary construction of wagon now ingeneral use, at an extremely small cost, and, another object is toproduce a device of this character, which may be applied to wagonshaving sides of various heights and which may be so connected or appliedto the wagon as to allow the height of the sides thereof to be varied asoccasion may require.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter set forth and pointedout in the specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagon body, showing my gate held inposition upon the rear end thereof for use as a scoop board, the gatebeing supported in this position by the improved mechanism. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the rear end of the wagon, showing my improved gatesupported against the end of the wagon by means of the improvedsupporting and suspending mechanism. Fig. 3 is a like view, illustratingthe gate swung to its resting position upon the upper edges ofSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 17, 1911.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

Serial No. 644,545.

the sides of the wagon, at the rear end there of, and, Fig. & is afragmentary sectional view through the slide casting.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 represents the wagonbed and 2- the side boards of the wagon. Secured upon the end of thewagon bed is the stop strip 3, which stops the downward movement of theend gate 4, said gate resting upon the strip 3 when acting as an endgate or as a scoop board. The sides 2 may be formed of any number ofboards placed edge to edge and positioned one above the other, as willbe clearly understood. The end gate 4 may be either solid, as shown, orcomposed of any number of sections, as desired. Rigid with the end gate4 are the side pieces or arms 5 positioned parallel to one another andextending toward the front of the wagon when the gate is in positionupon the rear end of said wagon. Extending across the back side of theend gate a is a substantially U-shaped cradle rod 6 having its ends bentat right angles and parallel with one another, as shown at 7, and passedthrough the straps 8 secured upon the arms 5. The extremities of theends 7 are formed into loops 9 to receive the similarly shapedextremities 10 of the latch bars 11, the adjacent ends of which areturned while the opposite ends thereof are formed into hooks 12 and themain portion of the bars 11 are straight, as will be clearly seen byreferring to the drawings. The latch bars 11 are passed through eyes 18which are swiveled to the detachable supporting brackets or clamps 14,which clamp over the upper edges of the top boards forming the sides 2of the wagon body. The latch bars 11 are adapted for slidable movementthrough the eyes 13 and when it is desired to employ the end gate 4; asa scoop board the bars 11 are allowed to slide through the eyes 13 untiltheir hook ends 12 are engaged therewith and the gate 4. is in theposition shown in Fig. 1.

When it is desired to lockv the gate 4 against the rear end of the wagonto serve as an end gate, the latch bars 11 are drawn in the oppositedirection and swung downwardly and their free ends (adjacent the hooks12) are caught beneath the turnedv bolts 16. \Vhen the bars 11 are inthis position their opposite or turned ends are engaged through the eyes13 of the clamps or brackets 14:. Fastened to the bolts 16 are the lowerends of the suspending rods 17 which may, if desired, be twisted, asshown. The opposite ends of the suspending rods 17 are secured upon pinsor bolts 18, which have the heads 19 for engagement in the channelsformed by the aws 20 of the castlugs 21, which are each rigidly securedupon one of the boards of one of the sides Working upon the threads ofthe pins or bolts 18, outwardly of the ends of the susv pending rods 17,are the tightening nuts 22, which are provided with suitable handlesextending therethrough and serve to tighten and hold the pins 18 at thedesired points along the channels of the castings 21, as will 1 be latermore clearly understood. thus be seen that the end gate 1 is at alltimes suspended by the suspending rods 17.

It will 3 The end gate a may be suspended entirely by the suspendingrods 17, when it is desired to allow the gate to swing freely from therear end of the wagon, by lifting the latch bars 11, after freeing theirends from 5 the spring latches 15, to permit the hook. ends 12 of saidbars to pass through the" eyes 13, thus freeing the outer end of the endgate 4:.

When it is desired to load or unload hogs and the like, the end gatetmay be swung upon the upper end of the wagon, to the position shown inFig. 3. It is first necessary, however, to release the free ends of thelatch bars 11 from the spring latches 15, thus allowing the latch bars11 to slide through the eyes 13 and also permitting the eyes 13 to swingor turn to the proper positions. In this instance the pins 18 should beplaced at the lower ends of the channel castings 21' and the nuts 22tightened to hold the pins gate 1 is in position upon the upper edges ofthe sides 2 of the wagon body it will be entirely out of the way forsuch purposes as loading or unloading hogs, etc. Thus it will be seenthat I have provided an end gate and supporting and suspending meanstherefor of such form as to allow the gate to be readily positioned andheld upon the rear end of the wagon for use either as a scoop board,dump gate, or end gate, or to be swung above the wagon and rested uponthe upper rear edges of the sides 2 of the wagon body, when desired.

It will be evident that the supporting and suspending mechanism is ofsuch simple form and composed of such small number of parts that theoperation thereof will be readily apparent and that the gate may besecurely and positively supported or suspended in any position desired.It will also be clearly seen that this supporting and suspendingmechanism may be employed upon wagons of the ordinary type and that nochange whatever will be required in the construction of the end gatecommonly em ployed upon this type of wagon. Further, this mechanism maybe applied at an eX tremely small cost.

What I claim is:

The combination with a wagon end, of an end gate having side arms,straps secured to the side arms near the upper ends thereof, a cradlebar having looped ends movably positioned about the gate and side armsand under said straps, latch bars having one end looped and the oppositeend hooked, a portion of said latch bars adjacent the looped ends beingcurved and disposed at right angles to the remainder thereof, the loopedends of said cradle bar and latch bars being connected, eyelets carriedby said wagon end for receiving said latch bars, and adjustable leverconnections between the lower ends of said end gate and said wagon body.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL W. SHAlV.

Witnesses:

WM. PRINZ, FRED MANTHE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, "byaddressing the Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

